Gregg

<a href="http://www.msnbc.com/news/838227.asp" target="_blank">http://www.msnbc.com/news/838227.asp</a>

Hey, if you want to protest the Miss World pageant, be my guest. But do you have to torch innocent bystanders? What exactly is that supposed to prove?

Abacus

They're trying to prove that their god has a big dick.

Starboy

Or that their god is a big dick?

kryzhn

what do you pretend from a religion that has spreaded and continue to spread by violent means around the world?

a religion that if it continues to expand as it is, will swallow our civilization and relegate us to the medieval ages.

what are bush and his european counterparts doing to stop their immigration in our lands? Nothing me fear!

MollyMac

Are you suggesting immigration laws should be designed to keep out muslims?

kryzhn

exactly.. europe got a christian/atheist culture.. - there is no place for muslims -muslims immigation and expansion should be controlled..

they expand very quickly (have many children ecc)

what assurances do we have that these won't use our democracies to get into power once they are enough numerous and then enact some 1600 shariah law on us?

Voltaire Is My Hero

It's fanaticism, pure and simple. I don't think such mindless, knee-jerk barbarity attempts to "prove" anything [as that requires some forethought at least].

"Fanaticism is blind and passionate zeal born of superstitious opinions, causing people to commit ridiculous, unjust, and cruel actions, not only without any shame or remorse, but even with a kind of joy and comfort. Fanaticism, then, is only superstition put into practice." -- Deleyre.

--Cindy

Tenpudo

Why should Bush do anything about it? Most of his political support comes from them; he'd be biting the hand that feeds him-- you were talking about Christianity, right?

himynameisPwn

This can't be for real.

Shake

Well Gregg, I'm glad you brought this up. I saw the same story and thought of starting my own topic here. The above linked story along with one I read in my newspaper about the US missionary in Lebanon just got me thinking about all the violence that is still being done in the name of religion. Yes, my sincere regrets to the family of Bonnie Penner (she was the missionary), but I can't feel too bad for her, trying to convert Muslims to Xianity right in the midst of strong Muslim area. I want to know how the Xians would feel if there were Muslim missionaries actively seeking converts right in their hometowns! Yeah, I bet they'd take offense to that!